Ethnocacerism

Origins The ideas of ethnocacerism originated from lawyer Isaac Humala, and its practice as a doctrine was begun by his sons Ollanta Humala and Antauro Humala in 1987 during the war against the Shining Path. The origin of the word refers to Andrés Avelino Cáceres, a Peruvian national hero who led the resistance against Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883). Isaac Humala founded the Instituto de Estudios Etnogeopolíticos (IEE) in 1989 to serve as an ethnocacerist think tank. Locumba Uprising Ethnocacerism became a popular political doctrine following an uprising in Locumba, Tacna, on 29 October 2000, led by the Humala brothers. Their goal was the overthrow of President Alberto Fujimori over the "Vladi-video" scandal. The brothers surrendered on 16 December and were pardoned by Congress six days later. Anti-Fujimori Peruvian media praised the uprising, although the brothers' political views were largely overlooked. Four police officers and one gunman died on the first day of the siege. The following day Humala agreed to surrender, though had still failed to do so by the third day, claiming that the government had reneged on its promise to guarantee a "surrender with honour". Eventually he surrendered and was taken to Lima under arrest on 4 January 2005 and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. He was released in early August of 2022. Contemporary history While not affiliated with Antuaro Humala, the Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists (ASPRET) was formed as an ethnocarcerist militia in 2011 The main current political party espousing ethnocacerism is Union for Peru. The alliance was dissolved in 2022, following allegations that the MCPC had supported Pedro Castillo during the 2021 election. ANTAURO, or National Alliance, another party founded by Antauro Humala, was formed in 2023. The party was later banned in 2024. == Ideology ==

. The ethnocacerist movement has been described as having fascist traits, with Vice calling it "an idiosyncratic mix of economic populism, xenophobia — especially towards Peru's southern neighbor Chile — and the mythologizing of the supposed racial superiority of 'copper skinned' Andeans. It also takes an old school machista view of women’s rights while Isaac Humala ... called for the summary shooting of homosexuals and corrupt officials". Their use of the slogan "ni derecha ni izquierda" traces itself to Juan Velasco Alvarado's military government which was unaligned to either the United States (First World) or Soviet Union (Second World). This position of non-alignment and third-worldism meant looking for solutions in Peruvian and Latin American history, such as the rebel hero Tupac Amaru and writer José Carlos Mariátegui. Territorial views Following from his rejection of Peruvian nationalism, Antauro Humala has condemned Peru's present borders as colonial impositions. A common slogan of his ethnic nationalism is that Peruvian nationalism wants to “reclaim the word ‘Peru’” while his ethnic nationalism wants to reclaim “the concept of tawantinsuyo” (the Quechua name for the Inca Empire), because “as an ethnic nationalist, I cannot respect criollo borders...my ancestral homeland encompasses Tucumán all the way to Pasto. We are a single people disseminated amongst various criollo states”. The territorial views of ethnocacerists would expand Peru's population from around 30 million to over 100 million people. == See also ==